Name: Melissa Linzmeier

Brief personal introduction:

I'm the General Music teacher at KPS and just completed my first year of teaching! :)

Overview of content/topic level of unit plan:

  • Subject and Grade: Music, Grade 5
  • The topic of the unit: National Anthems
  • The project idea: Students will be looking at National Anthems. They will be analyzing the values shown in other countries anthems as well as creating their own fictional country. Students will get a global understanding of values and how they are expressed as well as getting key content knowledge for music. Students will be ending the unit with a presentation of their fictional country and the anthem that they created. They will be peer and self evaluating their work in the final part of the unit.
  • Concerns, questions, and desired feedback: Make sure I'm not messing up too badly! :)
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Other Participant's unit plans reviewed:

Jean Broomell
Danielle Piparo Morris
Karen Schairer

Other resources and ideas to save or share with others:

I created a Wordle using all of the verses to the Star Spangled Banner. It was interesting to see what was used the most.

Photo essay:

BMW Photo Essay
Using Image and Audio Video